Thank you, I’m just not sure if my sps in the middle is enough par for them. Considering I read the millipora require 4-500 par and tenuis require about the same
55 gallon tank. 36 long by 18 by 20. I just started looking into the diffusers but it’ll lower par I thought. Appreciate it!
That pretty wide for a single 30. My tank is 36 wide also but I run 2 XR15s gen 5 at 100% intensity on AB plus program. I run diffusers which cut 15 to 20 off my par which is negligible to me. Diffusers give me balanced spread with no hotspots.
Yeah I’ve thought about it too and wish I went with two xr15’s but I’m stuck with this now unfortunately
What kind of par do you get with the 2 15’s?
XR15s are terrible with par. I started at 50% and things went down hill . I raised to 70% and thought I had good light par then. I finally got a par meter and was shocked at how low the par was all over the tank. I am at 100% now and get 350 at my top rocks few inches below the surface. I get 175 to 250 mid tank and 75 to 150 at the bottom. I tested with and without diffusers but get much more even spread with diffusers.
Why is my bottom still so hot?The bottom seems hot to me, I like to think in terms of top, middle and bottom, so 300, 200,100 ish.
This milli is at 175.
I think 4-500 would burn that one.
Yeah I’d like to just have sps in the middle of my tank preferably
That's kind of how I set mine up too. I tell you though when I finally got my par dialed in the whole tank came alive with growth so you are smart to focus on this as a critical aspect for your reef.
I can’t find a mount that is higher up. Is there one out there? And I don’t want to hang it.You can always add some bars on the side and raise the light
